

Sata backplane
SATA Backplane PCB for 2 disk with 3.5mm spaced
- Size
- 56 × 43 mm
- Copper layers
- 4
- Thickness
- 1.61 mm
- Parts
- 11
- Nets
- 19
- Pads
- 83
- Tracks, vias
- 148, 0
- Pours
- 1
- Routed
- Yes
- KiCad
- KiCad 7 (file 20221018)
- Created
- 1 Jan 2023
- Updated
- 26 Apr 2023
Overview
Sata backplane is an open-source printed circuit board by alexthomazo, from the alexthomazo/sata-backplane repository on GitHub. It is a 4-layer board of 56 × 43 mm with 11 parts on 19 nets, routed with 148 tracks and 0 vias.
README
README.mdSATA Backplane
This backplane is used to rotate the SATA data connector to 90° in order to help mouting hard drive into Fractal Node 804.
The hard drives have 3.5mm between them.
The bom can be found in the docs directory.

V1.0 Production
The V1.0 has been produced by JLCPCB, tested and working very well.
Here's some photos of the result:






Parts
11| Qty | Value | Footprint | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | G*** | kibuzzard-63B1B175 | kibuzzard-63B1B175, kibuzzard-63B1B175 |
| 2 | G*** | kibuzzard-63B1B17B | kibuzzard-63B1B17B, kibuzzard-63B1B17B |
| 1 | G*** | kibuzzard-63B1B127 | kibuzzard-63B1B127 |
| 1 | G*** | kibuzzard-63B1B180 | kibuzzard-63B1B180 |
| 1 | SATA_1 | sata:SATA_Data | J10 |
| 1 | SATA_2 | sata:SATA_Data | J20 |
| 1 | SATA_COMBINED_1 | sata:SATA_Combined | J11 |
| 1 | SATA_COMBINED_2 | sata:SATA_Combined | J21 |
| 1 | SATA_POWER_15 | sata:SATA_Power | J1 |
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Questions
How big is the Sata backplane PCB?
It measures 56 × 43 mm and has 4 copper layers, 1.61 mm thick.
What parts does the Sata backplane use?
11 parts. The full list of its parts is on this page, with links to each part's symbol and footprint where PCBKit's library has them.
Where can I download the Sata backplane KiCad files?
From the alexthomazo/sata-backplane repository on GitHub, at the commit this page was made from: the board is sata-backplane.kicad_pcb and its schematic sata-backplane.kicad_sch. PCBKit opens the board in the browser, with nothing to install.
Can I use the Sata backplane design in my own project?
Its repository states no licence, so its author keeps all rights: ask alexthomazo before reusing the design.